Geologic information
Identification information
| Deposit ID |
10045933 |
| MRDS ID |
M233831 |
| Record type |
Site |
| Current site name |
Violet Mine |
| Alternate or previous names |
Viola |
Geographic areas
| Country |
State |
County |
| United States |
Nevada |
Lander |
Public Land Survey System information
| Meridian |
Township |
Range |
Section |
Fraction |
State |
| Mount Diablo |
028N |
047E |
16 |
|
Nevada |
Comments on the location information
- LESS THAN ONE MILE WEST OF TENABO.
Commodities
| Commodity |
Importance |
| Copper |
Primary |
| Silver |
Primary |
| Gold |
Primary |
Host and associated rocks
| Host or associated |
Associated |
| Rock type |
Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
> Felsic Volcanic Rock
> Rhyolite |
| Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Pliocene |
| Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Late Permian |
|
| Host or associated |
Associated |
| Rock type |
Plutonic Rock
> Granitoid
> Granite |
| Host or associated |
Host |
| Rock type |
Sedimentary Rock
> Clastic Sedimentary Rock
> Shale |
| Rock unit name |
Valmey |
| Rock description |
Valmey |
Controls for ore emplacement
Comments on the geologic information
- SHALES AND CHERTS OF VALMEY INTRUDED BY TERTIARY GRANITES, BRECCIA AND RHYOLITE DIKES. ALONG CONTACT OF A SHALE AND CHERT IS CHARACTERIZED BY HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION. IN MAIN ADIT CHERTS ACTS AS THE HANGING WALL STRIKING EW AND DIPPING TO SOUTH.
